Learning about Evernote was an extremely helpful element of this course. I found it is useful for school work, prepping for teaching classes, ideas for whole-school activities and my personal life (especially recipes). For the purpose of this course I created an Evernote notebook and tagged articles and websites with “to read,” “Context Report,” or “Adopt an Issue.” I think that as I continue to use Evernote and become more comfortable, I will take advantage of writing notes and better organizing what I clip. Currently, my Evernote is not as neat as I would prefer, but still easily accessible without having to leave a dozen Chrome windows open until I need them. I also created a notebook for “U.S. History” and “Dean” for the future. I have clipped some articles that I hope to use in class this year, and ideas for future activities with students.
As I finish preparing my curriculum I am excited to use Evernote to save primary sources and clip sources I use in class. I have found that I spend a lot of time re-searching for the same article or source year to year because it seems quicker than looking through my external hard drive or binders. With Evernote, these sources are more easily accessible and from any device. I am glad that we used Evernote consistently through the course, because otherwise I have a feeling it would have been another technological tool with a lot of potential, but that I never really got comfortable enough with for it to be useful. I am planning to incorporate it in my class by creating a folder of each student where I can track the most important information. Although I am still not clear on how exactly this will play out, and I want to see what the school already has in place, I do know that Evernote has great potential in the classroom.
I think that my biggest challenge with Evernote is time. It became too easy to clip articles “to read” and forget to go back and read them. I am hoping to better prioritize what I clip and how I organize so much information. I have really enjoyed learning about Evernote and intend to continue to use it personally and for my own professional use until I feel a level of mastery. At that point I hope to incorporate it into the classroom to help students have more permanent records of what they have studied and learned.
As I finish preparing my curriculum I am excited to use Evernote to save primary sources and clip sources I use in class. I have found that I spend a lot of time re-searching for the same article or source year to year because it seems quicker than looking through my external hard drive or binders. With Evernote, these sources are more easily accessible and from any device. I am glad that we used Evernote consistently through the course, because otherwise I have a feeling it would have been another technological tool with a lot of potential, but that I never really got comfortable enough with for it to be useful. I am planning to incorporate it in my class by creating a folder of each student where I can track the most important information. Although I am still not clear on how exactly this will play out, and I want to see what the school already has in place, I do know that Evernote has great potential in the classroom.
I think that my biggest challenge with Evernote is time. It became too easy to clip articles “to read” and forget to go back and read them. I am hoping to better prioritize what I clip and how I organize so much information. I have really enjoyed learning about Evernote and intend to continue to use it personally and for my own professional use until I feel a level of mastery. At that point I hope to incorporate it into the classroom to help students have more permanent records of what they have studied and learned.